Wynn, Ed
Ed Wynn, the Perfect Fool : His Book of Cross-Word Puzzles (Crossword)Publisher: McLoughlin Brothers; Springfield, Mass: 1925Fair with no dust jacket Hardcover 156 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Pr ice just reduced. Full orange buckram cloth, b/w cartoon illustrated endpapers, small cloth loop bound in to upper rear board to hold pencil, as issued, 50 original crossword puzzles with humorous clues, some with amusing shapes. ; Comedian Ed Wynn was a household name when this book was published at the height of America's crossword craze. ; Light exterior wear. 18 puzzles have had some words penciled in and erased, leaving obvious erasure marks. Printed on porous paper, thus some erasures have lifted off small areas of puzzle lines, but everything important is readable. Binding tight. Extremely rare in any condition.